Youth parliament : Oath-taking, inaugural session held

Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro administered the oath to newly elected members of the youth parliament.

KARACHI: The oath-taking ceremony and inaugural session of the one-year Provincial Youth Assembly of Sindh was held at the Sindh Assembly building on Saturday. Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro administered the oath to the newly elected members of the youth parliament as well as the cabinet.

The assembly has been launched in Sindh with the joint efforts of the Pakistan Association for Young Leaders Development and Training and Youth Parliament of Pakistan. The youth parliamentarians include students from public and private colleges.

Talking to The Express Tribune, the youth chief minister, Arshad Ali Talpur, said that 168 members will be selected in the parliament from across Sindh. The focus will be on selecting one member from each constituency of Sindh. Thirty seats will be reserved for women and eight for minorities, he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 25^th, 2011.